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SUBMITTER: Svart M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5830038 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Svart Mads M Gormsen Lars C LC Hansen Jakob J Zeidler Dora D Gejl Michael M Vang Kim K Aanerud Joel J Moeller Niels N
PloS one 20180228 2
Ketone bodies are neuroprotective in neurological disorders such as epilepsy. We randomly studied nine healthy human subjects twice-with and without continuous infusion of 3-hydroxybutyrate-to define potential underlying mechanisms, assessed regionally (parietal, occipital, temporal, cortical grey, and frontal) by PET scan. During 3-hydroxybutyrate infusions concentrations increased to 5.5±0.4 mmol/l and cerebral glucose utilisation decreased 14%, oxygen consumption remained unchanged, and cereb ...[more]